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The Inclusion Calender 2024

Listing key events, awareness days, and webinars related to disability, inclusion, and digital accessibility.

As a keen advocate for accessibility and inclusive design, it’s important to know when the awareness days are, be up to date with conversations and research, as well as attend events related to the topic.

This calendar, inspired by AbilityNet’s ‘Disability and accessibility-related events calendar’, also includes online webinars, in person conferences, and hybrid events in the industry.

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- All month
  - Glaucoma awareness month
- 4th
  - World Braille Day
- 11th
  - Paget's Awareness Day
- 15th
  - Blue Monday
- 16th
  - FREE webinar: What you need to know about supporting students with dysgraphia (Texthelp)
- 20th
  - EVENT: 'SNOW CAKE ' - Charity Film Screening (Hastings, UK)
- 24th
  - Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day
  - Race Against Dementia Day
- 25th
  - Parent Mental Health Day
  - FREE webinar: What you need to know about Trends in Digital Accessibility for 2024 (Hassell Inclusion)
- 28th:
  - Data Privacy Day
  - World Leprosy Day
- 29th - 2nd February
  - EVENT: Inclusion 2024 Live (Online, Youth Sport Trust)
- 31st
  - FREE webinar: What's new in WCAG 2.2? (AbilityNet)
- All month
  - Raynaud's Awareness Month
  - LGBT+ History Month
  - National Heart Month
- 2nd
  - Time to Talk day
  - Rheumatoid Arthritis Day
- 4th
  - World Cancer Day
- 5th – 11th
  - Tinnitus Awareness Week
- 8th
  - Safer Internet Day | #SaferInternetDay
- 11th
  - International Day of Women and Girls in Science
- 13th
  - FREE Webinar: Designing content that empowers, includes and cares (Nomensa)
- 20th
  - Event: Perth Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design (Perth, Australia)
- 20th – 22nd
  - FREE event: Axe-con (Deque, online)
- 22nd
  - World Encephalitis Day
  - FREE Webinar: What you need to know to meet the digital needs of the wealthiest generation on the planet (Hassell Inclusion)
- 23rd
  - Helplines Awareness Day
- 25th – 2nd
  - Eating Disorder Awareness Week
- 26th – 3rd
  - Cyber Scotland Week
- 28th
  - FREE webinar: Digital discovery for elderly people: your guide to the online world (AbilityNet)
- 29th
  - Rare Disease Day
  - International RSI Day
- All month
  - Brain Tumour Awareness Month
  - Brain Tumour Awareness Month
  - Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
  - Endometriosis Awareness Month
  - Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
  - Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
  - Brain Injury Awareness Month
- 1st
  - Zero Discrimination Day
  - International Wheelchair Day
  - Self-harm awareness Day
- 3rd
  - World Hearing Day
  - Dyscalculia Awareness Day
- 4th – 9th
  - National Careers Week
- 5th
  - FREE Webinar: Design as a Regenerative Practice (Royal College of Art)
- 7th
  - FREE event: Ability Summit 2024 (Microsoft, online)
- 8th
  - International Women's Day
- 10th – 16th
  - World Glaucoma Week
- 11th – 17th
  - Brain Awareness Week
- 12th
  - World Glaucoma Day
- 14th
  - University Mental Health Day
  - World Kidney Day
- 15th
  - World Sleep Day
- 16th
  - Disabled Access Day
- 15th – 16th
  - Event: Dyslexia Show (Birmingham, NEC)
- 18th – 22nd
  - 38th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
- 18th – 24th
  - Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- 20th
  - Super Social Care Staff Day
- 21st
  - World Down Syndrome Day
- 24th
  - World Tuberculosis Day
- 25th
  - FND (Functional Neurological Disorder) Awareness Day
- 26th
  - Purple Day / Epilepsy Awareness Day | #EpilepsyAwarenessDay
  - FREE webinar: Combining Accessibility with Creativity (Yoyo)
- 30th
  - World Bipolar Day
- All month
  - Stress Awareness Month
  - National Pet Month (Celebration of guide dogs)
  - Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Awareness Month
  - Parkinson’s Awareness Month
  - IBS Awareness Month
  - Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
- 2nd – 8th
  - World Autism Acceptance Week
- 2nd
  - World Autism Awareness Day
- 7th
  - World Health Day
- 10th
  - Event: IAAP EU Accessibility 2024 (Paris, France and online)
- 11th
  - World Parkinson’s Day
- 14th – 20th
  - Parkinson’s Awareness Week
- 15th
  - International Microvolunteering Day (Volunteer for AbilityNet)
- 16th
  - World Voice Day (Recognition of mutism and stutter)
- 22nd – 28th
  - MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Awareness Week
- 24th
  - International Guide Dog Day
- 27th
  - On your feet Britain (Workplace Adjustments)
- 28th
  - World Day for Safety and Health at Work
- All month
  - Make May Purple, Stroke Awareness Month
  - National Share a Story Month
  - Skin Cancer Awareness Month
  - Tourettes Awareness Month
  - Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD) Awareness Month
- 1st – 7th
  - Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week
  - Deaf Awareness Week
- 2nd
  - World Password Day
- 5th
  - World Ankylosing Spondylitis Day
- 6th – 12th
  - Viral Meningitis Awareness Week
- 7th
  - World Asthma Day
- 8th
  - World Red Cross Crescent Day
- 8th – 13th
  - Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Week
- 10th
  - World Lupus Day
- 12th
  - International ME Awareness Day
  - World Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
- 14th – 16th
  - Event: Inclusive Africa Conference (Nairobi, Kenya)
- 15th
  - Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Day
- 13th – 19th
  - Mental Health Awareness Week
  - Learning at Work Week
- 15th – 21st
  - Dementia Action Week
- 16th
  - Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- 26th – 2nd June
  - Epilepsy Awareness Week
- 27th – 28th
  - Event: Accessible Canada – Accessible World Conference (Montreal, Canada and online)
- 30th
  - World MS Day
- All month
  - Cataract Awareness Month
  - Pride Month
- 1st – 7th
  - Volunteers Week
- 7th:
  - Tourette Awareness Day
- 9th – 15th:
  - Diabetes Awareness Week
- 10th – 16th
  - National Carers Week
- 10th
  - Global Wellness Day
- 12th – 18th
  - Men’s Health Week
- 12th – 18th
  - Loneliness Awareness Week
- 17th – 23th
  - Learning Disability Week
- 18th
  - Autistic Pride Day
- 20th – 26th
  - #GladtoCare Awareness Week
- 21st
  - World Humanist Day
- 24th – 30th
  - Deafblind Awareness Week
- 26th – 30th
  - World Wellbeing Week
- All month
  - Disability Pride Month
- 14th
  - International Disability Awareness Day
- 24th
  - Samaritans Awareness Day
- 25th
  - National Schizophrenia Awareness Day
- 1st
  - World Wide Web Day
- 4th – 10th
  - International Assistance Dog Week
- 12th
  - International Youth Day
- 13th
  - International Left handers Day
- 18th
  - Never give up Day
- All month
  - World Alzheimer's Month
- 5th
  - International Day of Charity
- 6th
  - Colour Blindness Awareness Day
- 10th
  - World Suicide Prevention Day
- 12th
  - End Digital Poverty Day
- 13th
  - World Sepsis Day
- 16th – 22nd
  - National Coding Week
- 18th – 24th
  - International Week of Happiness at Work
- 19th
  - Youth Mental Health Day
- 21st
  - World Alzheimer's Day
- 23rd
  - International Day of Sign Languages
- 23rd – 29th
  - Migraine Awareness Week
  - National Inclusion Week
- 27th
  - WordPress Accessibility Day
- 29th
- 29th
  - World Biggest Coffee Morning
- All month
  - ADHD Awareness Month
  - Black History Month
  - Down Syndrome Awareness Month
  - Dwarfism Awareness Month
- 1st
  - International Day of Older Person
- 2nd – 8th
  - Dyslexia Awareness Week
- 3rd
  - Back Care Awareness Week
- 6th
  - World Cerebral Palsy Day
- 7th – 11th
  - National Work Life Week
- 10th
  - World Mental Health Day
- 12th
  - World Sight Day
- 12th – 20th
  - Bone and Joint Week
- 14th – 20th
  - Get Online Week
- 16th
  - World Spine Day
- 18th
  - World Menopause Day
- 20th
  - World Osteoporosis Day
- 22nd
  - International Stammering Awareness Day
- 25th
  - International Dwarfism Awareness Day
- All month
  - Movember - Men's Health Awareness Month
  - National Career Development Month
- 1st – 7th
  - International Stress Awareness Week
- 6th
  - International Stress Awareness Day
- 13th – 19th
  - Transgender Awareness Week
- 14th
  - Purple Tuesday
  - World Usability Day
  - World Diabetes Day
- 19th
  - International Men's Day
- 20th
  - World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day
  - Transgender Day of Remembrance
- 30th
  - Computer Security Day
- 1st
  - World AIDs Day
- 3rd
  - International Day of Disabled Persons
- 5th
  - International Volunteer Day - volunteer with AbilityNet!
- 10th
  - Human Rights Day
  - International Shareware Day
- 16th
  - End of Disability History Month

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Matt Roberts